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Etymology
From literal + -ize.
Verb
literalize (third-person singular simple present literalizes, present participle literalizing, simple past and past participle literalized)
- To make literal or prosaic
2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 7:The popular "peephole" style of cover art, suggesting stolen glimpses into exotic interior territories at once psychological and geographical, literalized the voyeuristic appeal of early postwar paperback art.
2009 January 15, Ben Ratliff, “Club Jazz That Travels a Line Between Old Fashions and New Tastes”, in New York Times:The band seemed at the start to literalize a mysterious piece of writing; its structure was clear when this band played it.
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